Awake Minute 80: Hamara Guru Yogananda, Paramahansa Sadhgurudeva

The final scene of this film features some hard-hitting and thought-provoking lines by the great Krishna Das himself. He relates a beautiful story about how the guru-disciple leela is constantly being played out through our very-own eyes(!) and we take the opportunity to share some stories about Neem Karoli Baba (his Guru Maharaj-ji). The music in this minute is by Alanis Morisette and we reflect on the stunning lyrics therein. The film ends with a cacophony of scenes of Paramahansa Yogananda’s centres and devotees from around the world and we look at each of them in turn, while Mike tries to answer the impossible hospital-pass question: which SRF centre is the ‘best in the world’?  0:00 Summary of Minute; 2:15 Meet Stanley; 8:38 Neem Karoli Baba; 21:29 Your Guru looking our of your eyes; 28:23 Alanis Morisette; 44:16 Which is the best SRF Centre in the world? Links referenced in minute: https://www.hanumanmaui.org/maharaji https://www.oprah.com/own-indeepshift/where-god-girl-alanis-morissette-finally-embraced-her-spirituality https://alanis.com/news/spiritspiritual-practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MOhtMvdo2Y